Proverbs, Adages, Aphorisms, Saws, Wise Sayings & Clichés - Page 4 - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Guinevere · 05-22-2003, 12:01 PM

Right you are, Annunfuiniel! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] Your turn.

Annunfuiniel · 05-22-2003, 12:10 PM

Thank you, Guinevere! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Quote:

The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot for ever fence it out.

Guinevere · 05-24-2003, 07:27 PM

That was Gildor Inglorion to Frodo.

Annunfuiniel · 05-26-2003, 08:30 PM

Indeed 'twas! Please proceed, Guinevere. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Guinevere · 05-27-2003, 06:46 AM

Thank you, Annunfuiniel.

Quote:

Cold is the life of a mariner's wife

Perhaps this is too easy? [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Eruanna · 05-27-2003, 08:46 AM

That was Aldarion to his father Tar-Meneldur. When the latter urged him to take a bride.

Guinevere · 05-27-2003, 02:10 PM

That's it, Eruanna! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] Your turn!

Eruanna · 06-03-2003, 05:50 PM

Thank you.

Quote:

" I am your sister and not your servant..."

Guinevere · 06-04-2003, 01:32 AM

Wasn't that Aredhel to Turgon? (Doesn't sound like a "proverb" though... [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] )

Eruanna · 06-04-2003, 12:05 PM

It was indeed.....I was going more for a brother/sister type cliché. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

Guinevere · 06-04-2003, 03:14 PM

Thanks!

Quote:

Let him not walk in the dark who has not seen the nightfall.

Annunfuiniel · 06-06-2003, 01:29 PM

If you make it

Quote:

Let him not vow to walk in the dark...

then that was said by Elrond to Gimli (in chapter The Ring Goes South).

Guinevere · 06-06-2003, 01:59 PM

You're right, Annunfuiniel!
I must apologize for having accidentally left out "vow to" , shame on me [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img]
You're good to find it out in spite of that mistake. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Annunfuiniel · 06-06-2003, 02:07 PM

Hannon le! And no need to be ashamed, Guinevere, these things happen to the best of us. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Quote:

Faithful heart may have froward tongue.

Guinevere · 06-06-2003, 02:23 PM

That was Théoden to Gandalf , about Éomer.

(We've had that one already, on page 2 of this thread) [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Annunfuiniel · 06-06-2003, 03:48 PM

Rats! I knew it might be so but still couldn't bring myself to check the whole thread... [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]
Aaaanyways, your turn again, Guinevere!

[img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]Annun

Guinevere · 06-08-2003, 01:26 PM

Quote:

At table small men may do the greater deeds

Narduewen · 06-08-2003, 01:30 PM

Beregond to Pippen.

Guinevere · 06-08-2003, 02:16 PM

Correct, Narduewen. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] Hey, you were fast to answer!

Guinevere · 06-23-2003, 03:04 PM

Hello, Narduewen, where are you? It's your turn!

Narduewen · 06-23-2003, 08:03 PM

Whoops. I forgot that I had posted here. As for the next quote.

Quote:

"...follk are not what they seem."

Belsirithil · 06-23-2003, 08:27 PM

LOL... I come back over a year later and see that I didn't even realize this was a game. [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]

Narduewen · 06-25-2003, 09:23 PM

Need any hints?

Guinevere · 07-02-2003, 01:48 AM

I sounds like a hobbit... could it be Sam?
Just guessing, I haven't been able to find it (yet) [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]

Gwaihir the Windlord · 07-02-2003, 04:03 AM

Hmmm, it wouldn't be Barliman Butterbur by any chance would it?

Narduewen · 07-02-2003, 08:25 PM

Neither are correct, though Guinevere is getting somewhere.

Guinevere · 07-17-2003, 08:18 AM

I still haven't been able to find it.... I need another hint! (please!)
Or does anyone else know that quote?? [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]

Narduewen · 07-17-2003, 09:56 AM

Well, as for hints, I can not be so sure that they are correct because I am at camp and without my book. I will give this hint for I am almost positive that it is correct. It is said by a hobbit and not in FotR. I hope those might help.

[ July 18, 2003: Message edited by: Narduewen ]

Lostgaeriel · 07-23-2003, 12:04 AM

Hi Narduewen!

Is this the quote?

Quote:

For when you are older, you will learn that folk are not always what they seem; and though you may have taken me for a soft stranger-lad and easy prey, let me warn you: I am not, I am a halfling, hard, bold, and wicked!

That is, of course, Pippin to young Bergil son of Beregond.

[ July 23, 2003: Message edited by: Lostgaeriel ]

Narduewen · 07-23-2003, 10:04 AM

That it would be, Lostgaeriel! You may proceed.

Lostgaeriel · 07-23-2003, 08:10 PM

Quote:

It’s the job that’s never started as takes longest to finish.

Yeah, yeah, it's a very easy quote.

But one of my favourites - I'm a world class procrastinator. (Been dead & in the Barrow for almost 2 years and this is only my 495th post!?)

[ July 23, 2003: Message edited by: Lostgaeriel ]

Guinevere · 07-24-2003, 07:10 AM

Oh Lostgaeriel, you're really good to have found the last quote! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] I had been searching for that everywhere without success!
And I am happy that you posted one that I recognize... [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Quote:

"It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish" as my old Gaffer used to say.

says Sam to Frodo (in Lothlorien, about their quest.)

Lostgaeriel · 07-24-2003, 08:58 PM

Yes, Guinevere, you are correct! Please proceed. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Guinevere · 07-25-2003, 12:57 PM

Thank you, Lostgaeriel!
Just recently I came across another fine Middle-earth proverb:

Quote:

Malice that wakes in the morning is the mirth of Morgoth ere night.

Guinevere · 08-18-2003, 12:07 PM

Does no one recognize this proverb?
I'll give you a hint: it's from Unfinished Tales!

Evisse the Blue · 08-18-2003, 08:35 PM

That's Mablung musing about Turin's 'harrassment' of Saeros.

Guinevere · 08-19-2003, 01:23 PM

You've got it, Evisse! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] your turn.

Evisse the Blue · 08-20-2003, 12:20 PM

Well, guessing is the easy part. Now I have to think of a saying that doesn't give too much away - Btw, yours was great, Guinevere!
Well - here it is ( piece of cake):

Quote:

Let the ploughman plough, but choose an otter for swiming (..)

Guinevere · 08-20-2003, 12:47 PM

Quote:

...and for running light over grass and leaf, or over snow - an Elf

That was Legolas on the way down from Caradhras.

Evisse the Blue · 08-20-2003, 01:04 PM

Exactly.

I didn't give the rest of the quote in hope of making it more difficult, but apparently you weren't fooled by it. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] Go on!

05-22-2003, 12:01 PM	#121
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	Right you are, Annunfuiniel! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] Your turn. __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

05-24-2003, 07:27 PM	#123
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	That was Gildor Inglorion to Frodo. __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

05-26-2003, 08:30 PM	#124
Annunfuiniel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Something close like Shire Posts: 769	Indeed 'twas! Please proceed, Guinevere. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ Despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt.

05-27-2003, 08:46 AM	#126
Eruanna Memento Mori Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Past The Point Of No Return Posts: 1,117	That was Aldarion to his father Tar-Meneldur. When the latter urged him to take a bride. __________________ "Remember, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies."

05-27-2003, 02:10 PM	#127
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	That's it, Eruanna! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] Your turn! __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

06-04-2003, 01:32 AM	#129
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	Wasn't that Aredhel to Turgon? (Doesn't sound like a "proverb" though... [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] ) __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

06-04-2003, 12:05 PM	#130
Eruanna Memento Mori Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Past The Point Of No Return Posts: 1,117	It was indeed.....I was going more for a brother/sister type cliché. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] __________________ "Remember, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies."

06-06-2003, 01:59 PM	#133
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	You're right, Annunfuiniel! I must apologize for having accidentally left out "vow to" , shame on me [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img] You're good to find it out in spite of that mistake. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

06-06-2003, 02:23 PM	#135
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	That was Théoden to Gandalf , about Éomer. (We've had that one already, on page 2 of this thread) [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

06-06-2003, 03:48 PM	#136
Annunfuiniel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Something close like Shire Posts: 769	Rats! I knew it might be so but still couldn't bring myself to check the whole thread... [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] Aaaanyways, your turn again, Guinevere! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]Annun __________________ Despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt.

06-08-2003, 01:30 PM	#138
Narduewen Wight Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: 4th Dimension Posts: 145	Beregond to Pippen. __________________ "To be self-contented is to be vile and ignorant, and that to aspire is better than to be blindly and impotently happy" -A Sphere

06-08-2003, 02:16 PM	#139
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	Correct, Narduewen. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] Hey, you were fast to answer! __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

06-23-2003, 03:04 PM	#140
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	Hello, Narduewen, where are you? It's your turn! __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

06-23-2003, 08:27 PM	#142
Belsirithil Pile O'Bones Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Cimmura, Elenia, Eosia Posts: 22	LOL... I come back over a year later and see that I didn't even realize this was a game. [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] __________________ Elenia: http://www.angelfire.com/ego/elenia Live long and prosper, in the hearts of Child-Goddess Aphrael, Sephrenia, and me! ~-~Ehlana

06-25-2003, 09:23 PM	#143
Narduewen Wight Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: 4th Dimension Posts: 145	Need any hints? __________________ "To be self-contented is to be vile and ignorant, and that to aspire is better than to be blindly and impotently happy" -A Sphere

07-02-2003, 01:48 AM	#144
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	I sounds like a hobbit... could it be Sam? Just guessing, I haven't been able to find it (yet) [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

07-02-2003, 04:03 AM	#145
Gwaihir the Windlord Essence of Darkness Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Evermore Posts: 1,420	Hmmm, it wouldn't be Barliman Butterbur by any chance would it?

07-02-2003, 08:25 PM	#146
Narduewen Wight Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: 4th Dimension Posts: 145	Neither are correct, though Guinevere is getting somewhere. __________________ "To be self-contented is to be vile and ignorant, and that to aspire is better than to be blindly and impotently happy" -A Sphere

07-17-2003, 08:18 AM	#147
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	I still haven't been able to find it.... I need another hint! (please!) Or does anyone else know that quote?? [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

07-17-2003, 09:56 AM	#148
Narduewen Wight Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: 4th Dimension Posts: 145	Well, as for hints, I can not be so sure that they are correct because I am at camp and without my book. I will give this hint for I am almost positive that it is correct. It is said by a hobbit and not in FotR. I hope those might help. [ July 18, 2003: Message edited by: Narduewen ] __________________ "To be self-contented is to be vile and ignorant, and that to aspire is better than to be blindly and impotently happy" -A Sphere

07-23-2003, 10:04 AM	#150
Narduewen Wight Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: 4th Dimension Posts: 145	That it would be, Lostgaeriel! You may proceed. __________________ "To be self-contented is to be vile and ignorant, and that to aspire is better than to be blindly and impotently happy" -A Sphere

07-24-2003, 08:58 PM	#153
Lostgaeriel Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Toronto the Good Posts: 477	Yes, Guinevere, you are correct! Please proceed. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ Elen síla lúmenn’ omentielvo, a star shines on the hour of our meeting.

08-18-2003, 12:07 PM	#155
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	Does no one recognize this proverb? I'll give you a hint: it's from Unfinished Tales! __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

08-18-2003, 08:35 PM	#156
Evisse the Blue Brightness of a Blade Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: wherever I may roam Posts: 2,685	That's Mablung musing about Turin's 'harrassment' of Saeros. __________________ And no one was ill, and everyone was pleased, except those who had to mow the grass.

08-19-2003, 01:23 PM	#157
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	You've got it, Evisse! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] your turn. __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

08-20-2003, 01:04 PM	#160
Evisse the Blue Brightness of a Blade Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: wherever I may roam Posts: 2,685	Exactly. I didn't give the rest of the quote in hope of making it more difficult, but apparently you weren't fooled by it. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] Go on! __________________ And no one was ill, and everyone was pleased, except those who had to mow the grass.